to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
in some way; somehow or other; somewhere or other
cool; indifferent; apathetic; cold; cold-hearted; heartless
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
handicraft; work; construction; maneuvering; manoeuvering
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
to make a cynical remark (about); to make a sarcastic remark (about); to satirize; to mock
trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
even if not; even without
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
stale; hackneyed; cliched
power of expression; expressiveness; expressive power
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
sensible; clever; smart; decent; tasteful
fragment; scrap; piece; shred
to get entangled (with each other); to get muddled together
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
how many years; how long; what year
to haul in (hand over hand); to pull in; to draw in; to trace (history, threads of a story, etc.); to retrace (e.g. memories); to go over
achievements; actual results; accomplishments; past results; track record
going ahead; going first; preceding; coming before; scoring first; getting off to a lead
recollecting; reminiscing; looking back; retrospection; review
(metropolitan) prefecture (of Osaka and Kyoto); the centre or seat (of) (center); (government) office; fu; historical administrative unit in China, Korea and Vietnam
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
to climb; to clamber (over, up); to scramble (up); to scale; to claw one's way up
recollection; retrospection; reflection; reminiscence
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
to be related; to be connected; to be joined together; to result in; to lead to; to bring about
to finger; to touch; to play with; to grope; to feel around (in one's pocket, bag, etc.)
to lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait
crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift
(in) his way; peculiar to him
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front